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Steampunks In Hereford

Over the weekend of 27th/28th April, the Waterworks Museum came alive with the vibrant sound and colour of Hereford’s third Steampunk Festival and some fantastic family entertainment, which kept visitors enthralled all weekend. Throughout the event, visitors (who included the Mayor of Hereford, Cllr. Sue Boulter) were entertained by brilliant acts of juggling, balance, illusion…

The Hereford & District Preservation Society traditionally makes a pilgrimage to the Waterworks Museum in Hereford on one of the first open days of each new season. This year it was Sunday 14th April, sunny but bitterly cold. Nothing daunted, society members set their engines and vehicles out in exemplary fashion with, as usual, a…

Steaming Ahead (2019 Events Calendar)

Hereford Waterworks Museum is not just a destination for steam and history enthusiasts, it is one of Herefordshire’s leading family attractions, including an award-winning children’s Heritage Water Park. The Museum tells the history of drinking water through working engines and pumps, interactive displays and hands-on activities, and when the engines are in-steam, visitors can experience…

On 14 October, the Waterworks Museum in Hereford once again became the focus for hot-air enthusiasts from across the UK for the annual Stirling Engine Rally, despite the best attempt of the British weather to prevent it. Heavy rain had caused wide spread flooding and travel chaos for exhibitors and visitors, and the Museum’s rear…

Opening Times

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July

01
July Events
https://www.waterworksmuseum.org.uk/about/event/july-events/
All day
01/07/19-31/07/19
The Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United Kingdom
The Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United Kingdom

Not In Steam Days:
Every Tuesday: 11am – 4pm
In Steam Days:
Museum opens at 12.00 and is in-steam between 1pm – 4pm
July 14th Sunday: Museum open – all engines working**
July 28th Sunday: Gala Day: Historic vehicles – Hereford Concert Band – New exhibit to be opened
For other dates and full details see 2019 Calendar and Admission Charges

Did You Know?

The Museum’s display in the Rotherwas Building is the only permanent exhibition dedicated to Hereford in WWII.

The Waterworks Museum was established over 40 years ago in 1974.

The collection includes many important items of our industrial heritage, which but for the intervention of the Museum would have been lost forever.

The oldest part of the Museum is 160 year old and dates back to 1856 and the creation of Hereford City’s first municipal water supply.

Volunteers run every aspect of the Museum – we have no paid staff.

In 2015, volunteers welcomed over 5,400 visitors to the Museum (a record year).

To create the Noel Meeke Heritage Water Park a team of 30 volunteers gave over 2,300 hours of their time.

In 2000, the Museum was on the listed buildings ‘at risk’ register and at risk of closure.

The main Museum building is one of less than 6% of all listed buildings that is rated as Grade II*.

The Museum’s collection totals over 3,500 items (including books, documents and records relating to the water industry).

The Museum’s oldest exhibit, a horse drawn fire engine, dates to 1805 and was used on the estate at Stoke Lacey.

Our working triple-expansion steam engine, which stands two-floors high, was built in 1895 and continued in use supplying water to Hereford until 1952.

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